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Stone Park, South Carolina

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Ashley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29407. It stands on Sandy Bay. The Survey maps it on the Johns Island quadrangle.

Stone Park within Charleston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Stone Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Fireworks8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charleston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Stone Park: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Charleston SmelterChromiumPlant
Airco AlloysIronUnknown
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayUnknownSedimentary
Brinson PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducer
Charleston County MineREE, ThoriumProducer
Brownswood MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cross Country MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cross Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mt Pleasant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murraywood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Charleston County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wappoo Shores0.3 miles25
Capri Isles0.4 miles25
Harrison Acres0.5 miles25
Dupont Station0.6 miles25
Indigo Point0.7 miles25
Saint Andrews Heights0.8 miles25
Sherwood Forest0.9 miles25
Edgewater Park1.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231835. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.